Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-29
THEDOONIED ANARCHISTS

Until the Anarchists are disposed OF
Chicago must be uneasy, though she has
shown herself amply able ~ take care OF
her people and property.
The final appeal to the courts of Illinois
has been made and the verdict of the con-
yicting Jury has been approved, and only
the Supreme Court Of the United States
stands between the doomed men aud the
death penalty, which the Illinois courts
have decreed shall be paid on the nth
day of November. A Ssry few hours more
will decide the fate Of the Anarchists.
The Supreme Court decision may be cen
dered to-day, hardly later than to-mOr-
row. The last hope of the Anarchists is
an exceedingly slim one, and the efforts
OF their attorneys derives it's Importance
more from the promise Of an early deci-
sion on the legal questions involved than
on the probability OF interference with the
decree Of the courts Of Illinois.
General ROGER A. PRYOR, RANDOLPH
TUCKER and General BUTLER, rs counsel
for the Anarchists, base their argument
before the Supreme Court, in applying tor
a writ of error on tive grounds:
First, the unconstitutionality CT the jury
laws Of Illinois, by which disqualification
for Jury service is not based on juror hay-
ing formed an impression from rumor or
newspaper statements, provided he hsS e&-
pressed no opinion and states upon oath that
he can render an impartial verdict, aud
Secondly, that the defendants were put
upon the witness stand and compelled TO
Criminate themselves and that their private
papers we're seized and used a. evidence
against then, which MAS in the nature Of
elimination by their own evidence In this
connection it may he aid that the defend
ants were placed on the stand by their own
attorneys, and their sO-calleG seii-cElmiBa
ting evidence was given in the Prosecutions
cross-eXamiaation to correct false impress
siOns made by the defendants in their evil
dence.
On the constitutional Emitat4Ola of the
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, whiGa
provides that its judicial power shall eX-
tend 10 all cases in law and equity arising
under this constitution" General PRYOR
appeals TO the highest court Of the land,
basing his application for writ Of error
on the constitutional points presented
above, and claiming the jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court over tSs eases on the
ground that the two considerations on
which the appeal is made did not, in tue
trial of the defendants, allow them q fair
hearing under ''dne process of law, +" which
is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.
The attorneys for the Anarchists argue
that as that Constitution extends to every,
one the right OF trial by az impartial
jury" and guarantees the right of reseTgS-
ton Of discriminating evidence, and for.
bids States making laws ahridging the
privileges or immunities of citizens, as
they claim Illinois has done in its Jury
laws, that the seven men were not cor
vieted under due process OF law nor in con-
iOrmity with the requirements OF the Fed,
eral Constitution.
Should the decision of the eoErt be in
conformity with the argument of the attOF'
neys Of the convicted men, the whole mat
ter will be again reopened and the tedious
trial will have to be gone over again. II,
on the other hand, the State courts are sus-
tanned, the last barrier will have been torn
down between the doomed men and the